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Schopenhauer (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781405134804)
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xThis innovative volume presents an insightful philosophical portrait of the life and work of Arthur Schopenhauer.
Author: Robert J. Wicks
ISBN-10: 1405134801
ISBN-13: 9781405134804
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Language: English
Published: 04/28/2008
Pages: 216
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 9.05h x 6.43w x 0.68d
- Focuses on the concept of the sublime as it clarifies Schopenhauer's aesthetic theory, moral theory and asceticism
- Explores the substantial relationships between Schopenhauer's philosophy and Buddhism, Hinduism, and Christianity
- Defends Schopenhauer's position that absolute truth can be known and described as a blindly striving, all-permeating, universal "Will"
- Examines the influence of Asian philosophy on Schopenhauer
- Describes the relationships between Schopenhauer's thought and that of Hegel, Nietzsche, and Wittgenstein.
Author: Robert J. Wicks
ISBN-10: 1405134801
ISBN-13: 9781405134804
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Language: English
Published: 04/28/2008
Pages: 216
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 9.05h x 6.43w x 0.68d
By Robert J. Wicks
xRobert Wicks is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Auckland. He is the author of Modern French Philosophy: From Existentialism to Postmodernism (2003), Nietzsche (2002), and Hegel's Theory of Aesthetic Judgment (1994). He is also the author of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Schopenhauer.
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